Cholesterol lowering effect of Aporosa lindleyana in male Wistar rats.

L.Vijayendran, S.M.D.N. Wichramasinghe

dc.contributor.author	L.Vijayendran, S.M.D.N. Wichramasinghe
dc.date.accessioned	2019-03-08T08:48:24Z
dc.date.available	2019-03-08T08:48:24Z
dc.date.issued	2000
dc.identifier.issn	1391-586X
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1631
dc.description.abstract	Aporosa lindleyana is a green leafy vegetable of family Euphorbiaceae grown in tropical countries. In this study the effect of Aporosa lindleyana on the serum cholesterol level of hypercholesterolaemic rats and normocholesterolaemic Wistar rats fed on a cholesterol enriched diet was investigated. The results indicate that feeding of plant extract for two weeks reduces the total cholesterol in hypercholesterolaemic Wistar rats by 25.2% and normocholesterolaemic rats fed with cholesterol enriched diet by 37.7%. In addition the test group had significantly lower (p<0.05) total/HDL than the controls indicating that Aporosa lindleyana extract possesses hypochlosterolaemic activity.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Eastern University, Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.subject	Aporosa lindleyana,	en_US
dc.subject	Total cholesterol	en_US
dc.subject	High Density Lipoprotein (HDL)	en_US
dc.title	Cholesterol lowering effect of Aporosa lindleyana in male Wistar rats.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US